Sand-shovel.



A. 1. COLLINS SAND SHOVEL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1915.

Patented May16,1916.

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Patented May16, 1916.

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A. J. COLLINS.

SAND SHOVEL. APPLICATION man sunE 8,1915.

M i R.\ \i r WIT SSES ANDREW JAcKson cotmlvsor CORINNE, sAsKA'roHEw N, CANADA.

SAND-SHOVEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREw JAoKsoN COLLINS, of the town of Corinne, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada,have

invented certain newand useful Improvements in Sand-Shovels, of which the following is the specification.

is to provide an inexpensive and easily operated shovel particularly for use in dige ging wells and arranged such that sand can be readily dug, elevated and dumped.

With the above object in view the invention consists essentiallyin the arrangement andconstruotion of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 represents a side view of the shovel in the entering position. Fig. 2 represents a front view of the parts as they 7 appear in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side view of the shovel in the raising position. Fig. 4.. rep-z resents the shovel as is appears at the bottom of the well. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view through a well showing the position of the inner curb.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

I might explain that in the digging of a well, considerable difficulty is at present experienced in digging in sandy soil, below water level. The present invention is designed to allow this to be done easily and quickly, the arrangement being such that the digging operation of the shovel, in the well, is attended to by one person while the raising of the shovel from the well is controlled by a second person. i

Referring to the drawings; 1 represents a shaft or rod having the lower end thereof provided with a pair of spreading arms 2 and 3 forming a bail and the upperend fitted with a permanent eye 4 which extends downwardly and forms a spring catch 5.

6 is a scoop or shovel located at the lower end of the shaft 1 and pivotally mounted on a cross rod 7 carried by the bail.

8 is a stirrup or foot rest permanently secured to the shaft and located toward the upper end thereof.

9 is a swinging lever pivotally secured at 10 to the shaft at a point just above the stirrup. This lever is formed from two hook. the Windlass attendant to raise the shovel similar and suitably connected bars 11 and 12 which carry cross pins 13 and 14. The pin 13 is designed, when the said lever is swung upwardly, to trip in beneath the catch 5 and in so doing hold the lever from falling down. The pin 14 carries a long pivoted hook 15 designed to connectwith an eye 16 located at the upperend of an operating rod 17, the lower end of the said rod being forked and fastened pivotally at 18 to the sides of the shovel.

4 19 is a short hook the shaft. l

The lever and hooks are arranged so that when the hook 15 isconnected through the eye with the rod 17 and the lever is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3, it is an easy matter to slip the eye 16 off the hook 15 and onto the hook 19.

The above completes the description of my shovel, but in order that it may be better understood I willnow describe the manner in which it is usedto dig a well.

i The well 20 is dug in the ordinary manner to a depth where, what is commonly called, water bearing sand is met; In digging the well, the usual curbing 21 is put in to prevent the sides fromcaving in. As soon as water bearing sand is found, a second inner curbing 22 is introduced into the bottom of the well, this curbing being considerably less permanently secured to inexterior diameter than the interior diameter of the curbing 21.

A Windlass 23 is located at the top of the well and the cable or line 24: thereof is attached to the eye 4 of the shovel by means of a snap-hook 25, provided. One person remains at the top of the well to manipulate the .windlass while a second person enters the well and stands on the upper edge of the curb 22. Thislatter person swings the lever 9 down to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and then, afterinserting the shovel within the curb 22, places his foot on the stirrup and brings his whole weight onto the shovel. The shovel is consequently forced into the sand. The lever is then caught by the hand and swung upwardly to bring the shovel to a more or less horizontal position and thereby fill it with sand.

In the up position of the lever, it is an easy matter for the shovel attendant to force back the long hook and catch the eye on the short After he accomplishes this he signals high enough to bring the shovel above the pail 26. The sand is then dumped from the shovel into the pail by catching the rod 17 with the hand and raising the same to release the eye 16 from the hook 19. The snap hook is then released and snapped into the handle of the pail. The pail, with contained sand, is then hauled to the surface and dumped. During the interval that this sand is being dumped, the shovel attendant is again getting his shovel forced down into the sand ready for the second operation.

In digging a well with this device, it is ad.- visable to dump sand around the outside of the curb 22 to avoid any possibility of the sand caving in beneath the outer curbing 21. and thereby causing trouble.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A sand shovel comprising, a main shaft, a scoop pivotally' secured to the lower end of the shaft, a lever attached to the upper end of the shaft, means for detachably connecting the lever with the scoop and a stirrup fastened to the shaft adjoining the lever.

2. A sand shovel comprising, a main shaft, a scoop pivotally secured to the lower end of the shaft, a lever pivotally connected to the upper end of the shaft, a swinging .hook carried by the lever, an operating rod having the lower end secured to the shovel and the upper end terminating in an eye designed to receive the hook, a stationary hook secured to the shaft beneath the pivot point of the lever and a stirrup fastened to the upper end of the shaft,

3. A sand shovel comprising, a main shaft, a scoop pivotally secured to the lower end of the shaft, a lever pivotally connected to the upper end of the shaft, a swinging hook carried by the lever, an operating rod having the lower end secured to the shovel and the upper end terminating in an eye designed-to receive the hook, a stationary hook secured to the shaft beneath the pivot point of the lever, a stirrup fastened to the upper end of" rod having the lower end'forked and connected to the sides of the scoop and the upper end formed into an eye,a lever pivotally secured to the upper end of the shaft and designed to swing vertically, a swinging hook carried by the body of the lever and constructed to enter the eye of the rod, said rod, hook and lever being designed, in the raising of the lever, to swing the shovel from the vertical to the horizontal position, a stationary hook secured to the shaft and positioned to receive the. eyev of the rod in the raised position of the lever," a stirrup the rod and a catch fastened to the rod and designed to hold the lever in the upper position thereof. a p

Signed at WVilcoX Sasklthis 27th day of March 1915.

ANDREW JAoKso COLLINS.

p In the presence of- J. G. HAM1LTON,. VAL. KRAnMEn.

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